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HANSARD IranI hope we can see strong support for the people of Iran and for peace and stability across the region. It was significant that we saw so many countries come together around the…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranMy hon. Friend is right to raise that. The hybrid threats that we have seen include Iranian state-backed activity such as proxies, interaction with criminal gangs and activity,…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranIt is clear that some of the greatest bravery and courage has been shown by women in Iran, who face additional repression in their daily lives. I pay tribute to them for their…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranMy hon. Friend raises an important issue: the risk of instability and what happens more broadly. We want to see stability across the region, and safety not just for the Iranian…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranMy hon. Friend will be aware of the strong action that my hon. Friend the Security Minister has taken on transnational repression, including from Iran. People who live in the UK…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranThe right hon. Member is right to raise the broader instability across the region, which has been fuelled by the Iranian regime’s actions, including some of the extremist proxies…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranThe hon. Gentleman is right to talk about the incredibly disturbing reports of potential executions. We are urgently calling for the violence to end, including the reported…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranWe are already talking to our allies about how communications could be restored. I will ensure that my hon. Friend’s question about technology is looked into.13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranAs the hon. Lady will know, I cannot set out the US foreign policy approach—that is for the Americans to do. What I can do is set out the action that we are taking, the further…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranWe want to see a better future for Iran and the Iranian people. We must be clear: it is the Iranian people who are expressing that urgent desire for a better future. The future of…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranResponsibility for what we have seen, and for potentially thousands of deaths and the killings that we have seen, lies squarely with the Iranian regime.13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranI assure my hon. Friend that we are certainly continuing to talk with our close allies, including in Europe, on the action that is needed. We have sanctioned the entirety of the…13 Jan 2026HANSARD IranI set out in another response the importance of changing the legislation around proscription. We are working on further measures on the shadow fleet. The hon. Member will have…13 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaAgain, the Maduro regime has been deeply damaging for the people of Venezuela. We do not shed a tear for the end of the Maduro regime. We do believe, however, that it is essential…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaAgain, I would advise Members against suggesting that there is somehow equivalence between what happened this weekend and Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine—the kidnapping of…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaThe hon. Gentleman is right about the future of Venezuela and the future for the Venezuelan people, including young people who have been pushed into hardship and poverty by the…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaPromoting international law in the most effective way also means promoting the rules-based order and the rules-based alliances that we have. It means being able to raise issues…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaMy hon. Friend will know the constraints in the ministerial code regarding discussing legal advice. As I have said, it is for the US to set out publicly its legal basis for the…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The nature of the economic crisis in Venezuela over the last decade has pushed huge numbers of Venezuelans into extreme hardship. It is one of the…05 Jan 2026HANSARD VenezuelaThe Maduro regime did not have the support of the Venezuelan people. That was the consequence of the July 2024 election, for which they have continually refused to publish the…05 Jan 2026